Chapter 814 - 811: What a Wonderful Thing

Chapter 814: Chapter 811: What a Wonderful Thing

Chase Childs’s grip on his phone trembled slightly. The way he understood it, Holly Summers had called him simply because she hadn’t seen him and missed him. Even if she only missed him as a friend, the thought still filled him with a thrilling wave of joy.

Chase fell silent for a few seconds, taking a moment to steady his racing heart before speaking again. "Yeah, President Quinn left in a hurry today and didn’t take me with him. How... how have you been?"

"Me? I’m fine. Why wouldn’t I be?" Listening to Chase’s dry, monotonous tone, Holly felt like tearing her hair out. Chatting with a guy like him was a double-edged sword: sometimes it brought a comforting sense of tranquil peace, but other times, he was just exasperatingly slow and felt like a massive waste of time.

She decided to just lay it all out. "Listen, Chase. I just wanted to tell you that when President Quinn gets back later, if he looks extremely angry, you must absolutely not go near him. Don’t try to comfort him. And definitely don’t just quietly sit by his side and listen to him pour his heart out. Understood?"

She was terrified that a rift had formed between President Quinn and Clara, and that Chase might see this as his golden opportunity to swoop in. She quickly mentally knocked on wood. She told herself that Chase wasn’t that kind of person.

But what if he was? They always said that everyone was selfish when it came to love, and that rule applied regardless of whether someone was straight or gay.

Besides, even if Chase didn’t harbor any secret romantic intentions and simply couldn’t bear to see President Quinn upset, he might still try to comfort his boss in his own way. And what if—just what if—President Quinn was actually moved by his devotion? What then?

Even though Holly knew she was letting her imagination run wild, she still had to guard against the possibility!

Chase was taken aback by her baffling, out-of-the-blue warning. "Did something happen to President Quinn?" he asked instinctively.

There it was! He really did care about President Quinn the most. The moment she mentioned his boss, his voice had immediately tightened with anxiety.

Holly pressed her lips tightly together and let out a long breath. "It’s nothing serious. Just remember what I said. Don’t go asking him questions, and don’t hover around him. That’s all."

"Why?" Chase grew even more bewildered. If his boss was upset, shouldn’t he, as the head assistant, show some concern?

"Uh... well... if he’s in a fit of rage and you just waltz right up to him, aren’t you just asking to be yelled at? I’m only warning you because I’m worried about you." Holly genuinely didn’t know how else to explain herself. "Anyway, just remember my advice! I have to go now, bye!"

She quickly hung up the phone and let out a massive sigh of relief. If she had kept talking, she probably would have let slip that President Quinn and Clara had gotten into a fight.

She absolutely could not let Chase find out about that. She couldn’t give him even the slightest glimmer of hope! Naturally, she was doing this for President Quinn and Clara’s sake, but it was also for Chase’s own good.

She sighed. She, Holly Summers, was truly doomed to a life of chronic worrying. Every single day, she was stressed about one person getting their heart broken and another being left disappointed!

Back in the office, Chase stared at the disconnected call on his screen. A faint, gentle smile suddenly broke through his usually stoic expression, and an uncharacteristic, warm gleam flickered in his typically indifferent eyes.

So Holly was just afraid that he would walk right into the line of fire and be used as President Quinn’s punching bag!

Even though he was President Quinn’s subordinate—meaning it was basically his job to absorb his boss’s frustrations—and even if he had no intention of actually following Holly’s advice when duty called, he couldn’t help but feel incredibly happy. After all, the girl he liked was constantly worrying about him. To him, there was nothing more beautiful in the world!